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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 



Copyright 1894, 

BY 

DANIEL BRANDENBURG. 

(All rights reserved.) 



THE GUIDE 

FOR BETTER TIMES 



New York, September 12, 1894. 

When I, DameJjSrandenburg, came to the city of New 
York in the year 1&67, times were very hard. In the 
year 1873 there was a great panic; six thousand poor 
W'Orkingmen were standing in the White Garden, between 
Avenues A and B, New York City, preparatory to march- 
ing to the City Hall to ask for bread or work. And when 
they commenced marching a great many of them were 
knocked down and beaten by the police with large clubs. 
At that time I moved to Troy on account of the severe 
times. 

In the year 1876 I became a citizen, and when I took 
the paper I swore I w r ould fight through land and water. 
Then I commenced to study how to aid the working- 
class of people, remembering the old saying "love thy 
neighbor as thyself." If all my fellow citizens would act 
upon this rule, it would be of great benefit to the poor 
people. Then the hard times came in Troy, and I moved 
to Buffalo, which was in the year 1884, and at that time 
I w T ent to speak to a great many Democrats, asking those 
of whom I heard a great many speak, whether we would 
have better times, if their party or the Republican party 
should be elected. Then I went to Albany to see his 
Honor, Grover Cleveland — as long as he was elected he 
could assist me to make better times — and he told me he 






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would see me in Buffalo, so I went to see him in the 
Genesee House when he came to Buffalo, and asked him 
if he could get me any assistance to make better times. 
He directed me to Mr. Scheni, in Buffalo, and I went to 
him and showed him some writing which I had on a piece 
of paper, which was that the board of health should 
see that the houses and stables which are built, should 
not be built without basements, and should have a con- 
nection with the sewer, thus giving employment to the 
workingmen. At the time of which I am writing they 
did not have basements to their houses, thereby injuring 
people's health and causing many to have rheumatism and 
other kinds of sickness. They should also see that streets, 
alleys and gutters were always kept clean. When I 
showed this to Mr. Scheni he did not give me any satis- 
faction, so I dropped the matter until we should have better 
times. But four years passed away, and there was no sign 
of better times. Then I moved from Buffalo to New York, 
and at that time President Cleveland was nominated for 
the next term. As I saw the banner was being hung up, 
the wind blew it down into pieces, and at that 
time Mr. Bishop came into my store and I told him 
President Cleveland would not be elected — that was in 
the year 1888 — so I dropped the matter again and waited 
until 1892, and then Harrison and Cleveland were nomin- 
ated. I again went to see the banner hung up to see 
who would be our next President. I noticed in the temple 
and in the churches that the ministers generally pray for 
the President or the Emperors. I took this in mind that 
the\ generally have their spirits in heaven. So when 
they hung up Harrison's banner the wind blew it into 
pieces and Cleveland's banner was up and not a hole in 
it. So it was the will of God that Mr. Cleveland should 
be elected President of the United States. 

On election day I was in a Tammany Club of 
Harlem, and the reports came in from all over the country 
that President Cleveland was elected by a large majority. 
After a while Mayor Gilroy came into the hall with Lawyer 



Munzinger. Mayor Gilroy spoke a great deal about the 
election and thanked the citizens for their kindness in 
electing him Mayor of the city of New York, and he said 
he would do all he could to help the citizens, again thank- 
ing them for the honor they conferred upon him. After 
the election I went to see Judge Welde and see if he 
could help me t:> make better times and plenty of work. 
I asked him for assistance and he told me the best thing 
I could do was to go and see his Honor, Mayor Thomas 
F. Gilroy, he would help me all he could. So I went 
down to see the Mayor, and his private secretary told me 
he was going to Washington to' see the President inaugur- 
ated, and the best thing for me to do was to wait until he 
came back. Then, when I heard of his return, I went down 
to see him, and he put me off from one week to another, 
and then I went down again and he said I could not see 
him at all. Then I wrote him a kind letter, but I did not 
get any answer. I went down to see Mr. Levy in the 
Register's office, and I thought he could do something for 
me, but he did not give me any satisfaction, and he put 
me off from one week to another, until I saw him one day 
in his office. Then I waited a short time and went down 
to see him, but he said he was too busy and could not see 
me, so I waited a little while down stairs for him. When 
he saw me he thought he would sit down and wait until 
I went out. So I went outside and waited for him, and I 
asked him if I could speak to him. He did not answer 
me, but rushed past me and went on a Broadway car, and 
I did not see him after that. 

I met Law} r er Munzinger and he told me the best thing 
for me to do was to try and see the Mayor, and I went 
down to his office, and there met Senator Cantor coming 
out of the door, and I asked him if he could assist me to 
see the Mayor about making better times, but he said "it 
is not in my power to do it." I said that it could be done 
in some way if I could get a little assistance, reminding 
him of his remarks at the meeting when he stated that if 
Mayor Gilroy should be elected there would be money in 



circulation. I said: "If you want to take the trouble and 
direct me to some one who will help me along, I will tell 
you all about it." The answer I got from him was: "I am 
too busy. I must go to Albany, and I cannot be troubled 
with you. It is not in his power to do it, as all he has to 
do is to see to the roofs, streets and sewers; that is his 
work." 

I met Lawyer Munzinger and asked him for advice as 
to what I should do; so I wrote to his Honor, Governor 
Flower the following letter: 

Makch 10, 1893. 
To his Excellency, Governor Bo swell P. Flower, of the Stale 
of New York. 

Dear Sir: — May it please your Excellency, the under- 
signed, D. Brandenburg, represents that he, observing 
the stringency of the money market, and the consequent 
hardship of the masses, proposes to ameliorate the con- 
dition of the same by a scheme which he is now in posses- 
sion of, and to assure your Excellency of the self-denial of 
the masses, hereby intimates to you no request for money 
for and in consideration of the unfolding of his plan. In 
deference to the usual forms of etiquette, I beg to inform 
you that I have already written to his Honor, Mayor 
Thomas E. Grilroy, and having received no answer, I deem 
it necessary to write you, the prominence of your 
position guaranteeing me that my simple request for a 
further proposition to you will receive an answer. Believe 
me with respect, Yours very truly, 

D. Brandenburg. 

I did not receive any answer to this letter, so I waited 
a month and then wrote to his Honor, President Cleve- 
land, the following: 

New York, March 23, 1893. 
To his Excellency, Grover Cleveland, President of the United 
States of America. 
Dear Sir: — The undersigned, referring to an interview 
liad with you in the Capitol at Albany, New York, and at 



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the Genesee House in Buffalo, New York, some eight 
years ago, in which you kindly suggested that Mr. Scheni 
would be a person for me to see in relation to my scheme 
of which I then informed you. Mr. Scheni did not appear 
to take any interest in the object that your Excellency 
suggested to me he would take, and I dropped the matter 
for the time being. Now, deeming this an auspicious 
occasion, I venture to request the attention of your 
Excellency to my plan, and assuring your Excellency of 
my total abnegation of any self-aggrandizing in the mat- 
ter, I beg of you to kindly give me audience for the un- 
folding of my plan. Therefore, I assure your Excellency 
of my ability to assuage the suffering condition of my 
fellow-men in the vast territor}^ so wisely governed now 
and previously by your Excellency. I await the pleasure 
of a renewal by me of the plan to which you kindly and 
patiently gave your attention at the times heretofore 
mentioned, at Albany and Buffalo, New York. I deem the 
present time more fitting on account of the stringency of 
the money market and the consequent sufferings and 
hardships entailed upon the masses, part of my 
plan and their condition, no request for money or value 
is demanded or expected for or in consideration of the 
success of the plan. The potency of your position 
guarantees me that my simple request for a further pro- 
position to me will be met and assured. 

Should your Excellency's time be so engrossed, may I 
ask you to refer me to some trusting person in this vicinity 
who would be likely to aid me and the general public in 
this humane and praiseworthy effort of yours. 
Yours truly, 

D. Brandenburg. 

No answer was received to this letter, which was to 
his Honor, President Cleveland. When I did not receive 
an answer to this letter I prayed to God and said: what 
shall I do now ? And there was no answer. Then there was 
such a storm that the wind tore the trees out of the ground 



and it seemed as if we were going to have an earthquake, 
and then I thought: what shall I do now? 

About three months after that I went to see Com- 
missioner Daly. I could not see him for a few months, 
so I went to his office every day, but I could not see him. 
Finally I wrote him a letter, and he put the answer in the 
paper instead of answering the letter and sending it to me. 
The letter which I sent him was as follows: 

New York, August 10, 1893. 

To his Excellency, Michael F. Daly, Commissioner of Public 
Works of the City of New York. 
Dear Sir: — May it please your Excellency, the under- 
signed, D. Brandenburg, represents that he, observing 
the stringency of the money market and the consequent 
hardship of the masses, proposes to ameliorate the con- 
dition of the same by a scheme which he is now in posses- 
sion of, and to assure your Excellency of his selfdenial, 
hereby intimates to you that no request for money or 
value is demanded or expected by him for or in consider- 
ation of the unfolding of the same. With due regard to 
the code of etiquette, I beg to inform you that I have 
already written to his Honor, Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, 
and having received no answer thereto, I deem it necessary 
to write to you. The potency of your office guarantees 
me that my simple request for a further proposition will 
secure me an answer from you. 

Yours truly, 

D. Brandenburg. 

Mr. Strauss was then running for Congress, so I went 
to see him and see if he could help me, but he said that 
he was too busy, but if he was elected I should come 
around again and see him. After he was elected I went 
to see him and he spoke to me and asked me what I wanted 
and I told him I wanted to get assistance to ameliorate the 
condition of the times, and he said that this is just what 
he was willing to do, and the best thing for me is to go 



and see Mr. Croker; "he is the man for yon." The next 
day I went to see Mr. Croker, and waited for him abont 
three or four hours. At last he came, bringing a judge 
and sheriff with him, and his private secretary was also 
in the office. I spoke kindly to the sheriff and asked him 
if he could assist me to make better times. He in turn 
asked me if I was able to better the times, and I said yes, 
if he could give me a little assistance I would be willing 
to do it. I remained in the office quite a while in hopes 
of receiving an answer, but did not get one, either from 
the sheriff, or the judge, or Mr. Croker. The secretary 
told me that I should not come there any more. 

The times got worse and worse, people were starving 
and had neither bread nor work, nor had the business 
people any business to do. It was just the same way as 
when I first commenced to study this plan. 

I then went to see Colonel Webster, and he said he was 
too old to help me along, and that the best thing for me 
to do was to see President D. Hays, of the Fifth Avenue 
Temple, and speak to him, perhaps he could do something 
for me. I went down to Mr. Hays' office and the book- 
keeper told me I should go to his house, I would see him 
there. I went to his house, and saw him, and spoke to 
him, asking him if he could help me make better times. 
He said that if I was able to accomplish this, the best 
thing for me to do is to publish the fact in the news- 
papers. I then thought I would visit Mr. Squire, the 
chairman of the Sagamore Club, and ask him if he could 
assist me in securing an audience with the Mayor. He 
said if he was my own brother he could not do it. He 
asked me what it was all about, and I told him I wanted 
to improve the times so that the people should have 
plenty of work. He told me to go around the corner, 
between 124th and 125th streets, and see what they were 
doing there; they would help me along. "When I came in 
to see the committee there were a great many people 
standing there receiving charity from the officers 
so as to help them along. I asked Mr. Bishop, who was 



sitting there at the time, when I could see Judge "Welde, 
and he said either Monday or Tuesday. I went to see 
him Tuesday, and spoke to him again of this affair, and 
told him the stoiy from the beginning, how I traveled 
around for one wmole year without receiving any assistance, 
whereupon the Judge asked me what he could do for me. 
I asked him if he could direct me to some responsible per- 
son who would help me settle this matter. Then I told 
those present the story about the gentleman who gave his 
son ten thousand dollars to start him up in business. 
This son purchased a book store on Broadway and spent 
all his money on fixtures and on his sign. Then he went 
down town to get some goods for the store, and gave his 
name as Lowenstein instead of Labenstein, and said he 
had a nice store and spent ten thousand dollars on the 
fixtures and the sign. They refused to give him any 
goods on account of the difference in name and fixtures; 
they said that they could not sell any goods on name and 
fixtures. So he went home and told his father that he 
had fixed up his store beautifully, but could not get any 
goods to put in the store. His father asked him what he 
did with the money, and he answered that he had fixed 
up his store with fixtures and had a sign made for it. 
Then his father said: "Is that the way you spent your 
money?" It is just the same way as with the Democrats 
now. They have nice offices everywhere, but not much 
stock for the next election, as it had turned out so bad 
this year. The consequence is that they have a nice sign 
but no stock. 

When I was finished with my story all the officers got 
up from their chairs and went away. I went over and 
spoke to the Alderman from this district and told him I 
was just as bad off as ever, so I thought I would publish 
this in the papers. I went around to a great many places 
to see if anybody would try to help me to get this pub- 
lished in the newspapers. I went up to the Times and 
saw the editor. He said that it was impossible for him to 
publish it. He sent me to the editor of the World to see 



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if lie could assist me. I went to the editor of the World 
and spoke to him about this affair. He gave me to under- 
stand that he did not have time to listen to me, but I 
should write to him. Then I went to see if I could pub- 
lish it in the democratic paper, the Sun. I was positive 
that they would assist me. I spoke to the editor about 
it, ard he told me that business always runs in a natural 
way and we would have to wait until it improved. A few 
weeks later I wrote to the World, but did not receive an 
answer, although I noticed in the papers that they put 
pictures in them as answers to my letter. 

I then waited until Mav 28. There was a meeting in 
Orpheus Hall, Nos. 211 & 213 East 124th St., near Third 
Avenue, and Mr. J. O'Brien, former sheriff of New York 
county, made a great speech in which he blackmailed the 
city officers. After he was through speaking I asked him 
for his address, because I would like to see him personally, 
and he gave it to me. In about a week I went down to 
see him, and asked him if he could assist me to make 
better times. He told me to come down and see him at 
the office, which was open from 10 to 12 a. m. and 3 to 4 
p. m., or to see him at the club house, which is at the 
Anti-Democrat Hall, 144 West 42d Street. When I came 
down there and spoke to him, I asked him whether this 
blackmailing would have a tendency to improve business. 
He said that it might make a change. I asked him if he 
could refer me to some responsible person to help me 
in my endeavors to improve business. He asked me to 
come down to the club house, saying there might be a 
person there who would take an interest in me, then Ave 
could settle this business. About two weeks later I went 
down there, and the answer which I got was that he was 
not yet ready to see me. I waited a few weeks longer 
and then showed him a piece of paper that had a photo- 
graph on it taken from the World. It was the hands of 
Esaw and the voice from Jacob. I asked him why he did 
not put the two together and we would have better times, 
but I did not get an answer to this. I went down again, 



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and he showed me a gentleman who was sitting there and 
told me it was the Senator. I went over and spoke to him 
and told him about this affair of mine. He said the best 
thing for me to do was to wait until the people came back 
from the country. I now thought I had found a person 
who would take an interest in me, but I was quite mis- 
taken. I thought this would take too long, so I did not 
pay any attention to this person, but thought I would try 
to do it myself. I wrote to the editor of the World several 
letters which I have mentioned above. I asked him how 
much money was spent on the poor people to buy bread 
for them last winter, but I did not receive an answer to 
this. I then asked him what the meaning of "Democrat" 
is. The next morning I went out and saw a great many 
officers of every description, and they all thought I was 
put up by somebody to speak or see about this affair. I 
tried to find out myself what the circumstances were. 
When I was a boy I used to say a prayer three times a 
day, entitled "Dan shall judge his people." I asked my 
daughter what the meaning of "Dan" is, and she told me 
that it meant "Daniel." It is very hard for a person who 
cannot read or write to be a pilgrim. The word Democrat 
commences with a "D," and I took it from my name so as 
to do justice to every officer and person of whom I required 
anything. I have not as yet found anyone who has done 
me justice. If all the citizens would do so there 
would not be any hard times, as the Bible has told this 

word: ^anar iqdp in*o idj? p 1 p 

If the people would pay the workingmen the money 
due them, it would be justice. To make them wait so long 
for their money is not justice. If anyone orders a thing 
and does not take it, it is not justice. If people take their 
meat from the butcher, and their bread from the baker, 
and do not pay for it, it is not justice. If ministers do 
not try and teach the children their religion, and take 
their salary from the congregation just for speaking and 
prajdng, this is not justice. I would like to say more 
on this subject, but every word has its meaning. If you 



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take one word by itself you can make three times as 
much out of it. 

In answer to the editor of the World, about the money 
that was spent in the city of New York, I am not certain 
as to the exact amount, hut I think it, was one hundred 
thousand dollars. I suppose that money was contributed 
by officers and business people to give to the poor. Did 
that make better times and more work for tin; poor 
people? No, I think not. If that money was spent for 
old material, it would be a great deal better and give more 
work to the poor people. They would rather have a day's 
work than one dollar as charity. 

In regard to the answer of the editor of the Sun, and 
his saying that it was impossible for me accomplish the 
betterment of the times, as business always goes on in a 
natural way, I will prove to every one to whom I spoke 
;iiid whom I saw that it could be done in a different way 
from that in which it is done now. I took this from tin- 
Bible, from the sixth day, when God spoke to the angels 
and said: "We shall make man." So it could be (lone- 
no w by calling all the people together; the officers and 
the business people from the districts, towns, and cities, 
so as to organize a company to make better times. There 
is no such organization at present, in existence in this 
country. But there are so many oilier companies, such as 
gas and railroad and others. But there is no company 
organized for the purpose of helping one another to clear 
out the old stock so ;is to make room for new goods, such 
as gold, silver, clothes, iron, furniture, etc. It makes no 
difference how cheap the raw material is, if there is no 
demand for the goods which are manufactured. It is 
through tin's cause that the manufacturing industries are 
at a standstill, and the only way to revive business is to 
clear away the old stock, and then we will have room l'< ti- 
the new. The only way in which this could be done is 
for the manufacturers and storekeepers to organize a 
meeting and speak to the chairman of the companies, and 
get them to make a start in buying up the old material so 



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as to make some work for the working' people and business 
for the business people. They could also make an offer of 
$5, $10, $100 or $500, or as much as any one would like to 
give to the company in the year, with which money they 
could buy up the old material and so make plenty of work 
and plenty of business. Especially is this the case in the 
clothing business. People who go to Europe generally 
buy their clothes there and bring them along when they 
return, and after wearing them a short time sell them, 
thus throwing a lot of people out of employment. It is 
the same with the manuf aturers themselves, and also priv- 
ate citizens, officers, merchants, etc.; they wear their 
clothes a short time, and then they sell them and get the 
money for them, and that is the reason there are so man}^ 
out of employment. They do not think of the harm they 
are doing to themselves and to the working people. For 
instance, if they sell their clothes to peddlers or to any 
one, the clothes wear three times as long as a ready-made 
article. 

The rich people get their clothes made to order, and 
they buy the best material. In consequence of this the 
article can be worn three times as long as if it was bought 
ready-made by a workingman. With the money thus 
contributed, as suggested above, all these cast off gar- 
ments could be bought up in the districts, cities, or towns. 
They should write to the rich people, or to any officers, 
or to any one who wants to sell his old material. If they 
want to give it away for nothing, they can do so, but 
should let the fact be known through advertising, or by 
letter or postal. That is the way they could get the old 
material together. 

When all the old material has been collected, it should 
be burnt up or converted into paper, whether good or 
bad. It is just the same way with iron, which should be 
destroyed or melted into any shape or form. The same 
is true of furniture. People have their furniture over 
twenty or thirty years. How is it possible then to do any 
business or to create more work. It is cheaper to do away 



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with the old articles than it is to buy raw material. If 
this is done in this way there will be plenty of work for 
every one and no more suffering. 

At the present time the drummers going out on the 
road cannot sell their goods unless at a sacrifice, which 
has as a consequence the cutting down of the wages of 
the workingmen. They have to work very hard to make 
a dollar or a dollar and a half a day, and they must work 
from five o'clock in the morning until twelve o'clock at 
night. After the season is over they have no more work 
and cannot make a living, and as they do not earn enough 
money to be able to save anything, the consequence is 
that they must starve. The wholesalers and retailers 
cannot buy their goods cheap enough to be able to sell 
cheaply. If every city or town in the United States would 
follow the advice given above, there would be no more 
complaints from the people. 

In regard to Com. Daly's letter, if he would have 
answered my letter, I would have written and told him 
that every faucet in the tenement and private houses, etc., 
leaks, and that there should be an inspector to examine 
them, and that would give a great deal of work to the 
working class. The same with the toilets, where there 
ought to be a tank, which should be cleaned three or four 
times a day and then there would not be any bad odor in 
the houses, and that also would give a great deal of em- 
ployment to the working class. 

I studied from the action of father Abraham, when he 
got up in the morning he looked around to see if there 
were any strangers coining in the distance in his direction 
so that he could direct them in the proper way, because 
he was our father of the children, and he wanted to lead 
them in the right way, wherever they wanted to go. So 
it is in this country, by ways of regulation which will 
bring money into circulation, so as to make the poor rich 
and the rich richer. A good many people belong to a 
great many societies and insurance companies, and at last 
when they get angry, they go out of it and lose all the 



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money that they had put in, and have nothing from it. 
If these people would save their money and get rich by it, 
instead of paying it into societies and insurance companies, 
they could in ten years buy themselves a small piece of 
property from this country for about $3000 to $10,000 to 
$20,000, or whatever they would like to pay for it, and 
they can pay it off with 10 per cent, which would make it 
very comfortable for them in their old age. In the way 
they are doing now by paying their rent and paying into 
societies, they have nothing to show for it, and will have 
to go begging in their old age. 

Landlords and brokers are suffering in the same way, a 
good many people make it a habit not to pay their rent 
to the landlords, and they in turn cannot pay the brokers, 
and it makes a great deal of hardship for every one. By 
belonging to the company of which I was speaking, by 
paying in $5 or $10, and from this money there should be 
an insurance on the death of a member, and each ought 
to be taxed from two to three cents, and pay off all the 
property that I was speaking about, by paying in the 
$5 or $10 that would help them along, in every direction 
in the whole United States and the sign of membership 
will be a badge with the inscription " Love thy Neighbor 
as Thyself " on it. This article will bring a good many 
people employment, to build houses in towns and cities, 
the same can be said for educated people, and every one 
who desires work, lawyers, stenographers typewriters, and 
real estate agents included, for which they are at present 
waiting. 

I spoke to a great many people who belong to many 
societies and companies, which seems to me, that they do 
not now, and have not for a good many years, met with 
any success. 

On these articles of buying and selling property, I think 
I ought to get one percent, from the whole United States, 
When everything is settled in this matter, I think people 
will give balls and picnics through the auspices of this 
company in every locality, and the surplus over the ex- 



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penses will be used in making each guest a valuable 
present, wich equals from one cent to $400 ; and the goods 
should be bought from every store a little, so as to help 
them along in their business, say from $25 to $500, and 
these stores could make their prices to suit themselves. 
The goods shall be of every description ; this will bring 
money in circulation. 

Through this company the people will gain a good many 
friends, and it will be joyful for every man, woman and 
children, even to the old folks, all over the country. By 
the way, I do not demand any money, or ask for any, as 
I stated in my letters in the beginning. 

The following is a sample of the way we intend to do 
the work of our society : When I lived in Troy, a lady 
by the name of Mrs. Brakeman, of Boston, came to me, 
and told me that her husband had ran away from her and 
that he used to work in a factory where they made cloth- 
ing, and his parents lived in Troy, when she came to Troy 
and asked them where her husband was, she was told he 
was in San Francisco, and if she would go there at 
once, she could catch him. So she had her furniture sent 
to his parents before she started for San Francisco, thinking 
that she would get it again on her return. These people 
told her a story which was not true. When she came to 
San Francisco, she inquired every where for her husband, 
but she could not find him, and she did not know what to 
do, as she did not have the money to go back to Troy. 
The people there felt very sorry for her and they went 
around and made a collection for her and sent her to 
Troy. When I went to visit her husbands parents, I saw 
that they had two sets of furniture, and at the same time 
Mrs. Brakeman came in the room and cried out " I 
want my furniture, and then I will go back to Boston," 
but they refused to give it to her, then she came to me 
and asked me if I could help her to try and get her fur- 
niture from his parents. I went with her to a great many 
lawyers, and they all said they did not want to bother 
with the case as there was no money in it ; so I went to 



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Mayor Murphy of Troy, and asked him if he could help 
her, and I told him the story the reader already knows. 
Mr. Murphy is a very kind man, the same way as myself, 
always ready to help one another ; he gave her a warrant 
for their arrest. I found out afterward that her husband 
was in Riga, Liefland, Russia. Mrs. Brakeman went there 
and spoke to the American Ambassador, and told him the 
foregoing story, and that she had been married in Boston. 
He sent for her husband, and kept him in one room and 
her in another. Then the Ambassador went to the hus- 
band's room and asked him if he was marriad, and he 
answered no, the Ambassador then took him in the wife's 
room and showed him to her and asked him the same 
question, but he did not say no then. The Ambassador 
put him under arrest until he gives her her support. That 
is the way I will do all the work, as the reader already 
knows, when I get a copyright on this book. 

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